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= DevFaqInvokeActionProgrammatically
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=== How do I invoke an action programmatically?

Use `FileUtil.getConfigObject()`

[source,java]
----

//provide the path to your action instance
Action action = FileUtil.getConfigObject("Actions/Window/org-netbeans-core-windows-actions-MaximizeWindowAction.instance", Action.class);
action.actionPerformed(ev);
----

or

[source,java]
----

//provide the path to the action folder
List<? extends Action> actions = org.openide.util.Utilities.actionsForPath("Navigation/Hierarchy/text/x-java/Actions")
//Bonus: Create a popupmenu from these actions
//Action[] aactions = actions.toArray(new Action[]{});
//JPopupMenu menu = Utilities.actionsToPopup(aactions, getLookup());
----

or `Actions.forID()` (since NB 7.2)

[source,java]
----

//provide category and classname
Action action=org.openide.awt.Actions.forID("Window", "org.netbeans.core.windows.actions.MaximizeWindowAction");
action.actionPerformed(ev);
----

See 

* link:http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-filesystems/org/openide/filesystems/FileUtil.html#getConfigObject(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Class[http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-filesystems/org/openide/filesystems/FileUtil.html#getConfigObject(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Class])
* link:http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-awt/org/openide/awt/Actions.html#forID(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String[http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-awt/org/openide/awt/Actions.html#forID(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String])

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